Guilderton

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 141 people in Guilderton of these 53.9% were male and 46.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Guilderton was 66 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 7.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 44.4% of the population.

Of people in Guilderton aged 15 years and over, 55.6% were married and 12.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Guilderton was 70 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In Guilderton, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Guilderton was 68 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Guilderton 24.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.6% were in primary school, 0.0% in secondary school and 23.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Guilderton were Australian 32.1%, English 32.1%, Scottish 8.4%, Irish 8.4% and German 3.7%.

In Guilderton, 69.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.1%, Germany 2.1%, Ireland 2.1%, New Zealand 2.1% and Scotland 2.1%.

In Guilderton, 52.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 27.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Guilderton were No Religion 27.5%, Anglican 23.2%, Catholic 16.9%, Christian, nfd 3.5% and Uniting Church 3.5%.

In Guilderton 92.3% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 47 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Guilderton. Of these 44.7% were employed full time, 40.4% were employed part-time and 6.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Guilderton, 12.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 17.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Guilderton was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Guilderton were Labourers 23.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.9%, Managers 12.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.8%, Professionals 10.3% and Sales Workers 10.3%.

Of the employed people in Guilderton, the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 15.8%, School Education 15.8%, Metal Ore Mining 13.2%, Water Supply, Sewerage and Drainage Services 13.2% and Agricultural Product Wholesaling 13.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Guilderton was $383.

In Guilderton, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 40.5%, Walked only 9.5%, Train 7.1%, Car, as passenger 7.1% and Other 7.1%. On the day, 7.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 50.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Guilderton, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.1% provided care for children and 10.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 30.8% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Guilderton, 21.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Guilderton, 10.3% were couple families with children, 82.1% were couple families without children and 7.7% were one parent families.

In Guilderton 100.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Guilderton, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,750 and those without children was $2,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Guilderton, of couple families with children, 0.0% had both partners employed full-time, 9.1% had both employed part-time and 9.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Guilderton, 11.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 88.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Guilderton, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Guilderton, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 22.9% had 2 bedrooms and 52.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Guilderton, 62.0% were owned outright, 16.0% were owned with a mortgage and 22.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Guilderton, of all households, 76.9% were family households, 17.3% were single person households and 5.8% were group households.

In Guilderton, 22.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.1% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Guilderton, 39.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Guilderton, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 30.0%) were male and 7 (or 70.0%) were female. The median age was 28 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Guilderton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Guilderton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.